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FakeNoose

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11. If the computers are that old, they aren't going to be very useful

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 09:57 AM

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They went into storage and haven't been used since 2005? It's probably an old Windows 3.1 or maybe an original Mackintosh. I'm sure there's a way to import the data into a recent computer, but those old machines aren't going to work any more.

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